Event bubbling
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <StackPanel MouseLeftButtonDown="SomethingClicked"> <Button Margin="5" MouseLeftButtonDown="SomethingClicked"> <StackPanel MouseLeftButtonDown="SomethingClicked"> <TextBlock MouseLeftButtonDown="SomethingClicked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="Image and text label"></TextBlock> <Image Source="c:/image.jpg" Stretch="None" MouseLeftButtonDown="SomethingClicked" /> <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" MouseLeftButtonDown="SomethingClicked" Text="Courtesy of the StackPanel"></TextBlock> </StackPanel> </Button> <ListBox x:Name="lstMessages"></ListBox> <Button x:Name="cmdClear" Click="cmdClear_Click" Content="Clear List"></Button> </StackPanel> </UserControl> //File: Page.xaml.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Windows.Input; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Animation; using System.Windows.Shapes; namespace SilverlightApplication3 { public partial class MainPage : UserControl { public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); } protected int eventCounter = 0; private void SomethingClicked(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e) { eventCounter++; string message = eventCounter.ToString() + ":\r\n" + " Sender: " + sender.ToString() + "\r\n" + " Handled: " + e.Handled + "\r\n"; lstMessages.Items.Add(message); } private void cmdClear_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { lstMessages.Items.Clear(); eventCounter = 0; } } }